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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , M . W . Grand Master . THE RT . HON . LORD EGERTON OF TATTON , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . A SPECIAL GRAND LODGE Will be held in the HALL ( Room XXI . ) at the HOLBORN ; RESTAURANT , LITTLE OUEEN ST . ' LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS , "" On MONDAY , the 30 th NOVEMBER instant , At ONE , for Two o'clock in the Afternoon . To consider and , if approved , to adopt the revised Book of Constitutions as recommended by the General Board . Qualified Members of Grand Lodge only can be present . By command of the M . W . Grand Master . FREDERICK BINCKES , ( P . G . J . W . ) , Grand Secretary . Office—3 a Red Lion Square , London , W . C . 16 th November , 1 S 85 .
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS . OP ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , M . W . Grand Master . THE RT . HON . LORD EGERTON OF TATTON , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . THE WINTER HALF-YEARLY COMMUNICATION OF THIS GRAND LODGE Will be held in the HALL ( Room XXI . ) , HOLBORN RESTAURANT , LITTLE OUEEN ST ., LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS , LONDON , On TUESDAY , the ist DECEMBER , 1885 , When and where all Grand Officers ( Present and Past ) , W . Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and Overseers of Private Lodges are hereby summoned to attend , and at which , by permission , all regularly registered Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at FOUR o'clock p . m . DINNER will be provided at Seven o'clock for those who intimate their intention to be present not later than Monday , 30 th inst . By command of the M . W . Grand Master . FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . J . W . ) , Grand Secretary . Office—Sa , Red Lion-square , London , W . C , 16 th November , 1 S 85 .
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Winter Work amongst the Destitute . FIELD LANE REFUGES AND RAGGED SCHOOLS , & c , & c . SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS . 3000 Persons Benefited Weekly . LATE PRESIDENT : THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , K . G . TREASURER : WILFRID A . BEVAN , Esq ., 54 , Lombard-street , E . C . BANKERS : MESSRS . BARCLAY , BEVAN , and CO ., and MESSRS , RANSOM and CO . A Special Appeal is made for Funds . The work is crippled for want of money . SECRETARY : MR . PEREGRINE PLATT , Vine-st ., Clerkemvell-rd ., E . C . By whom contributions will be gratefully received .
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FRIENDLESS YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS . The Committee of the HOMES AND OPEN ALL NIGHT REFUGE of the London Female Preventive & Reformatory-Institution , Very earnestly plead for Donations towards their annual ' collections . ' 140 applications for help , on behalf of young womenand girls , have been made at 200 , Euston Road , and every suitable case has been succoured . Six Homes and Open All Night Refuge for 200 inmates , . are maintained . £ 1000 Donations are now Urgently Needed before Christmas . Contributions will be thankfully received by Bankors ; - J- 'oyds , Barni-tts , Bosancluets ( Limited ) , City , 60 , LOITK nard-street ; West : 54 , St . James-street ; Francis Nicholls , " •sq-, of the Committee , 14 , Old Jewry Chambers , E . C . } „ _ •or EDWARD W . THOMAS , Sec . 200 , Euston-road , N . W .
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NINE ROOMS to Let at 196 , Aldersgate-street , near the General Post Office . Inquire on the Premises . CLOSE to Piccadilly and West-End Clubs—APARTMENTS ( Furnished ) for Gentlemen , with Attendance . Terms very moderate . —H . AMELOT , 45 , Brick-street , Piccadilly .
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SITUATION WANTED as MESSMAN , CATERER , HOTEL MANAGER , or any Responsible Position of Trust . Eight years' unexceptional references . —Box 2094 , Sell ' s Advertising Offices , 167 , Fleet-street , E . C .
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PARIS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT for the Sons of Gentlemen . Principal : M . G . Ovree , Officier d'Academie , late Inspector of the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris , and Translator of Higgenson ' s United States History . For terms , address G . Ovree , 14 , Rue David , Passy , Paris .
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ROSE CROIX CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION . —THE INVICTA CLUB ( Chapter No . 10 ) has Resumed its Instruction Meetings at the Masonic Hall , 33 , GOLDEN-SQUARE , W ., to which all Members of iS ° , owing allegiance to Supreme Council of England . & c , are invited . SEVEN p . m ., on 6 th October and 1 st December ; being the 1 st Tuesday in the aforesaid months . —George Powell , P . M . W . S ., Hon . Treasurer and Recorder , 30 , Moorgate-street , E . C .
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WILLING'S SELECTED THEATRICAL PROGRAMME . DRURY LANE THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 45 , HUMAN NATURE . ADELPHI THEATRE . Every EveningatS . o , THECoLLEEN BAWN ; Farceat / . IS . STRAND THEATRE . Every Evening atS . 15 , ON 'CHANGE ; at 7 . 40 , Comedietta . VAUDEVILLE THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 0 , CUPID ' S MESSENGER ; at 9 . 0 , LOOSE TILES . ——GLOBE THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , A BAD PENNY ,- at 9 . 0 , THE PRIVATE S ECRETARY . SAVOY THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 15 , THE MIKADO ; or , THE TOWN OF TITIPU . ¦ OLYMPIC THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 1 s , COMMEDIETTA ; at 7 . 45 , ALONE IN LONDON . ¦ GAIETY THEATRE . Every Eveeing at 7 . 45 , THE VICAR OF WIDE-A-WAKEFIELD ; at 9 , BILLEE TAYLOR . COURT THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 45 , THE MAGISTRATE ; preceded by BREAKING THE ICE . ROYALTY THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 15 , TRICOCHE ET CACOLET . NOVELTY THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 45 , MONEY BAGS ; at 9 . 20 , THE JAPS . GRAND THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , OUR BOYS . STANDARD THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , FALKA . SURREY THEATRE , Every Evening at 7 . 30 , MANKIND . ROYAL AQUARIUM . Open , 12 . 0 ; close , 11 . 30 . Constant Round of Amusement . Two Variety Performances Daily . ALHAMBRA THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at S . o , Variety Entertainment , Two Grand Ballets , & c . CANTERBURY THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 35 , Grand Musical and Variety Entertainments , & c . —^—PARAGON THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 35 , Comic Ballet , Variety Entertainment , & c , & c . —MADAME TUSSAUD AND SONS' EXHIBITION . Open , S . o till 10 . 0 , Portrait Models of Past and Present Celebrities .
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Naval , Military , and Tropical ^^ ^ BOOT MAKEE ^^^ C ^?^" ^^§^^21 ,J ^> PICCADILLY , LONDON , W
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INVENTIONS EXHIBITION-GOLD MEDAL AWARDED . i-NT-Tyr-TVO NEW ILLUSTRATED U H IN 1 O CATALOGUE of HIGH-CLASS W A TifTTFQ WATCHES and CLOCKS at WAlOJliuO . REDUCED PRICES , sent post 4 /^^ ^ ' ree on application to E . DENT J & f ^ Y ^ ft an ( * C ° - > Makers to the Oueen , i ¦^ fUTIITX ^ 6 I > STRAND , LONDON , W . C , [ . / i UCI 1 I X . or 4 , ROYAL EXCHANGE .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
PAST GRAND OFFICER ( MARK ) . —We would suggest that the most suitable time and place for first drawingattention to your proposals will be the Special Grand Mafic Lodge which will be held on Monday next , the 30 th inst ., for the express purpose of considering and finallyarranging the new Book of Constitutions of the Degree .
BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . "Sunday Times" ( New York ) , " Canadian Craftsman , " " New York Dispatch , " ** Hull Packet , " " The Freemason " ( Toronto ) , 11 Citizen , " " liolletin Masonico , " "Jewish Chronicle , " * ' National Church , " " The Globe " ( Toronto ) , ¦ ' Semi-Weekly Citizen , " " El Taller , " " Night and Day , " " Notes on West Australia , " " Lc
Moniteur de la Chance Universellc , " " Keystone , " " Sunday Times " ( London ) , " Tlie Turkish Hath in Diseases of tlie Heart , Obesity , and Atrophy , " "The Star , " " Loomis' Musical and Masonic journal , " " C ourt Circular , "" Masonic Record of Western India , " "Society , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " English Illustrated Magazine , " and " Life Boat Journal . "
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wre^^^SSATURDAY , NOVEMBER 28 , 1885 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold oursei res responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair p lay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ]
ATHOL LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In continuation of my former letter in the Freemason of the 24 th ult ., I now submit for publication the following copy of minutes extracted by me from Vol . 1 of the Register of the Athol Grand Lodge : —
General Register Grand Lodge . "Sep . 14 , 1752 . N . Stile . Geo . Hebden , "Mastr . No . 4 , in the Chair . " Whereas it is expedient for tbe Universal Benefit of the Ancient Craft tliata Grand Master and Grand Lodge shou'd govern and direct the proceedings of the several Ancient Lodges held in and about the Cities of London and
Westminster , And as the present Low Condition of the Ancient Society of Free and Accepted Masons renders the hope of obtainingthe honor of a Noble Personage to preside over us at this time very precarious , In order to preserve the present remains of thc true Ancient Ciaft , & c , We , the undernamed Masters and Wardens of the several Masonical Meetings called Lodges of true Ancient Masonry
aforesaid , do agree ( pursuant to the powers vested in us by our Respective Brethren of the several lodges ) to form a Grand Committee ( we mean such a Committee ) as may supply the deficiency of a Grand Master untill an opportunity offers for the choice of a Noble Personage to govern our Ancient Fraternity . And that We will therein ( by the authority aforesaid ) make Statutes or laws for the better
government and well ordering the said Fraternity , Receive Petitions , hear Appeals , and transact Business ( that is to say such Business as ought to be peculiar to a Grand Lodge ) with Equity and Impartiality . Dated in our Grand Committee Room on Thursday , the fourteenth day of September , New Stile , 1752 , and in the year of Masonry 5752 . In the presence of "—[ Here follow the names of M ., S . W ., and J . W . of Nos .
2 . 4 , 5 , 6 , S > "» and 12 , two Past Masters of No . 4 , one P . M . of No . 6 , and Lau . Dermott , G . S . ] " And Whereas several of the Lodges have congregated and made Masons without any Warrant ( not with a desire of acting wrong , but thro' the " Necessity above mention'd ) , In order to Rectify such irregular proceedings ( so far as in our power ) , It is hereby Order'd that the Grand Secretary
shall write Warrants ( on Parchment ) for the Unwarranted Lodges , viz .: The lodges known by the Title of No . 2 , 3 , 4 > 5 , 6 , and that all the said Warrants shall bare date July the seventeenth , One thousand seven hundred fifty and one , being the day on which the said Lodges met ( at the Turk's head Tavern in Greek-street , Soho ) to revive the Ancient Craft .
"That the Secretary shall leave proper spaces for the Grand Mastr ., Deputy G . M ., and Grand Wardens to sign all the said Warrants according to Ancient custom . " That as soon as we shall arrive at the Great happiness of installing proper Grand Officers , the possessors of the Unsigned Warrants shall present them to the Grand Master for his Worship ' s signature or Renewal , Until which time
the said Warrants , as well as those which have or may be ( thro' necessity ) granted in the like manner , shall be deem'd good and lawful ! . " Lastly , this our Regulation , shall be Recorded in our Registry , to shew Posterity how much we desire to revive the Ancient Craft upon true Masonical principles . " Sign'd by Order , "LAU : DERMOTT , G . S . " The above passages I have indicated by italics will doubt *
less be deemed conclusive evidence as to the exact date on which the Athol Grand Lodge commenced its existence . They are their own records , and the volume from which I have extracted ( he above commences with an entry of 17 th July , 1751 , signed by John Morgan , the ( first Grand Secretary of the Athol Grand Lodge . It will be seen from the foregoing extracts what is also
shown very clearly by the Lists of 1751-1755 in the same volume , that No . 1 had no existence at that period . The earliest notification hitherto published in reference to No . 1 is that the Grand Master ' s Lodge was proclaimed on sth September , 1750 , and took the first seat accordingly as No . 1 —( Vide Grand Lodge minute of that date . ) But I recently noticed in the Athol Minute Book , Vol . I ., that members of No . 1 attended the Grand Lodge , or Grand
Committee , as early as 13 th March , 1757 . at a general meeting of Master Masons to regulate certain disputed points in the ceremonies , and Bro . H . Sadler has since kindly supplied me with the names of the members of No . 1 then present , viz ., James Nisbett , Senr . G . W . ( who was in the chair ) ; John Abercromby , Junr . G . W . ; Lau . Dermott , G . S . ; and Robert Turner , G . M . [ This latter must mean Past G . M ., as the Earl of Blessington was Grand Master from Dec , 1 I 756 . J
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS OF ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , M . W . Grand Master . THE RT . HON . LORD EGERTON OF TATTON , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . A SPECIAL GRAND LODGE Will be held in the HALL ( Room XXI . ) at the HOLBORN ; RESTAURANT , LITTLE OUEEN ST . ' LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS , "" On MONDAY , the 30 th NOVEMBER instant , At ONE , for Two o'clock in the Afternoon . To consider and , if approved , to adopt the revised Book of Constitutions as recommended by the General Board . Qualified Members of Grand Lodge only can be present . By command of the M . W . Grand Master . FREDERICK BINCKES , ( P . G . J . W . ) , Grand Secretary . Office—3 a Red Lion Square , London , W . C . 16 th November , 1 S 85 .
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GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS . OP ENGLAND AND WALES , AND THE COLONIES AND DEPENDENCIES OF THE BRITISH CROWN . THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF KINTORE , M . W . Grand Master . THE RT . HON . LORD EGERTON OF TATTON , R . W . Deputy Grand Master . THE WINTER HALF-YEARLY COMMUNICATION OF THIS GRAND LODGE Will be held in the HALL ( Room XXI . ) , HOLBORN RESTAURANT , LITTLE OUEEN ST ., LINCOLN'S-INN FIELDS , LONDON , On TUESDAY , the ist DECEMBER , 1885 , When and where all Grand Officers ( Present and Past ) , W . Masters , Past Masters , Wardens , and Overseers of Private Lodges are hereby summoned to attend , and at which , by permission , all regularly registered Mark Master Masons may be present . Grand Lodge will be opened at FOUR o'clock p . m . DINNER will be provided at Seven o'clock for those who intimate their intention to be present not later than Monday , 30 th inst . By command of the M . W . Grand Master . FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . J . W . ) , Grand Secretary . Office—Sa , Red Lion-square , London , W . C , 16 th November , 1 S 85 .
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Winter Work amongst the Destitute . FIELD LANE REFUGES AND RAGGED SCHOOLS , & c , & c . SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS . 3000 Persons Benefited Weekly . LATE PRESIDENT : THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY , K . G . TREASURER : WILFRID A . BEVAN , Esq ., 54 , Lombard-street , E . C . BANKERS : MESSRS . BARCLAY , BEVAN , and CO ., and MESSRS , RANSOM and CO . A Special Appeal is made for Funds . The work is crippled for want of money . SECRETARY : MR . PEREGRINE PLATT , Vine-st ., Clerkemvell-rd ., E . C . By whom contributions will be gratefully received .
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FRIENDLESS YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS . The Committee of the HOMES AND OPEN ALL NIGHT REFUGE of the London Female Preventive & Reformatory-Institution , Very earnestly plead for Donations towards their annual ' collections . ' 140 applications for help , on behalf of young womenand girls , have been made at 200 , Euston Road , and every suitable case has been succoured . Six Homes and Open All Night Refuge for 200 inmates , . are maintained . £ 1000 Donations are now Urgently Needed before Christmas . Contributions will be thankfully received by Bankors ; - J- 'oyds , Barni-tts , Bosancluets ( Limited ) , City , 60 , LOITK nard-street ; West : 54 , St . James-street ; Francis Nicholls , " •sq-, of the Committee , 14 , Old Jewry Chambers , E . C . } „ _ •or EDWARD W . THOMAS , Sec . 200 , Euston-road , N . W .
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NINE ROOMS to Let at 196 , Aldersgate-street , near the General Post Office . Inquire on the Premises . CLOSE to Piccadilly and West-End Clubs—APARTMENTS ( Furnished ) for Gentlemen , with Attendance . Terms very moderate . —H . AMELOT , 45 , Brick-street , Piccadilly .
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SITUATION WANTED as MESSMAN , CATERER , HOTEL MANAGER , or any Responsible Position of Trust . Eight years' unexceptional references . —Box 2094 , Sell ' s Advertising Offices , 167 , Fleet-street , E . C .
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PARIS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT for the Sons of Gentlemen . Principal : M . G . Ovree , Officier d'Academie , late Inspector of the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris , and Translator of Higgenson ' s United States History . For terms , address G . Ovree , 14 , Rue David , Passy , Paris .
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ROSE CROIX CHAPTER OF INSTRUCTION . —THE INVICTA CLUB ( Chapter No . 10 ) has Resumed its Instruction Meetings at the Masonic Hall , 33 , GOLDEN-SQUARE , W ., to which all Members of iS ° , owing allegiance to Supreme Council of England . & c , are invited . SEVEN p . m ., on 6 th October and 1 st December ; being the 1 st Tuesday in the aforesaid months . —George Powell , P . M . W . S ., Hon . Treasurer and Recorder , 30 , Moorgate-street , E . C .
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WILLING'S SELECTED THEATRICAL PROGRAMME . DRURY LANE THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 45 , HUMAN NATURE . ADELPHI THEATRE . Every EveningatS . o , THECoLLEEN BAWN ; Farceat / . IS . STRAND THEATRE . Every Evening atS . 15 , ON 'CHANGE ; at 7 . 40 , Comedietta . VAUDEVILLE THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 0 , CUPID ' S MESSENGER ; at 9 . 0 , LOOSE TILES . ——GLOBE THEATRE . Every Evening at S . o , A BAD PENNY ,- at 9 . 0 , THE PRIVATE S ECRETARY . SAVOY THEATRE . Every Evening at S . 15 , THE MIKADO ; or , THE TOWN OF TITIPU . ¦ OLYMPIC THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 1 s , COMMEDIETTA ; at 7 . 45 , ALONE IN LONDON . ¦ GAIETY THEATRE . Every Eveeing at 7 . 45 , THE VICAR OF WIDE-A-WAKEFIELD ; at 9 , BILLEE TAYLOR . COURT THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 45 , THE MAGISTRATE ; preceded by BREAKING THE ICE . ROYALTY THEATRE . Every Evening at 8 . 15 , TRICOCHE ET CACOLET . NOVELTY THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 45 , MONEY BAGS ; at 9 . 20 , THE JAPS . GRAND THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , OUR BOYS . STANDARD THEATRE . Every Evening at 7 . 30 , FALKA . SURREY THEATRE , Every Evening at 7 . 30 , MANKIND . ROYAL AQUARIUM . Open , 12 . 0 ; close , 11 . 30 . Constant Round of Amusement . Two Variety Performances Daily . ALHAMBRA THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at S . o , Variety Entertainment , Two Grand Ballets , & c . CANTERBURY THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 35 , Grand Musical and Variety Entertainments , & c . —^—PARAGON THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening at 7 . 35 , Comic Ballet , Variety Entertainment , & c , & c . —MADAME TUSSAUD AND SONS' EXHIBITION . Open , S . o till 10 . 0 , Portrait Models of Past and Present Celebrities .
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Naval , Military , and Tropical ^^ ^ BOOT MAKEE ^^^ C ^?^" ^^§^^21 ,J ^> PICCADILLY , LONDON , W
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INVENTIONS EXHIBITION-GOLD MEDAL AWARDED . i-NT-Tyr-TVO NEW ILLUSTRATED U H IN 1 O CATALOGUE of HIGH-CLASS W A TifTTFQ WATCHES and CLOCKS at WAlOJliuO . REDUCED PRICES , sent post 4 /^^ ^ ' ree on application to E . DENT J & f ^ Y ^ ft an ( * C ° - > Makers to the Oueen , i ¦^ fUTIITX ^ 6 I > STRAND , LONDON , W . C , [ . / i UCI 1 I X . or 4 , ROYAL EXCHANGE .
To Correspondents.
To Correspondents .
PAST GRAND OFFICER ( MARK ) . —We would suggest that the most suitable time and place for first drawingattention to your proposals will be the Special Grand Mafic Lodge which will be held on Monday next , the 30 th inst ., for the express purpose of considering and finallyarranging the new Book of Constitutions of the Degree .
BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . "Sunday Times" ( New York ) , " Canadian Craftsman , " " New York Dispatch , " ** Hull Packet , " " The Freemason " ( Toronto ) , 11 Citizen , " " liolletin Masonico , " "Jewish Chronicle , " * ' National Church , " " The Globe " ( Toronto ) , ¦ ' Semi-Weekly Citizen , " " El Taller , " " Night and Day , " " Notes on West Australia , " " Lc
Moniteur de la Chance Universellc , " " Keystone , " " Sunday Times " ( London ) , " Tlie Turkish Hath in Diseases of tlie Heart , Obesity , and Atrophy , " "The Star , " " Loomis' Musical and Masonic journal , " " C ourt Circular , "" Masonic Record of Western India , " "Society , " "Allen ' s Indian Mail , " " English Illustrated Magazine , " and " Life Boat Journal . "
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wre^^^SSATURDAY , NOVEMBER 28 , 1885 .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ We do not hold oursei res responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair p lay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion , ]
ATHOL LODGES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In continuation of my former letter in the Freemason of the 24 th ult ., I now submit for publication the following copy of minutes extracted by me from Vol . 1 of the Register of the Athol Grand Lodge : —
General Register Grand Lodge . "Sep . 14 , 1752 . N . Stile . Geo . Hebden , "Mastr . No . 4 , in the Chair . " Whereas it is expedient for tbe Universal Benefit of the Ancient Craft tliata Grand Master and Grand Lodge shou'd govern and direct the proceedings of the several Ancient Lodges held in and about the Cities of London and
Westminster , And as the present Low Condition of the Ancient Society of Free and Accepted Masons renders the hope of obtainingthe honor of a Noble Personage to preside over us at this time very precarious , In order to preserve the present remains of thc true Ancient Ciaft , & c , We , the undernamed Masters and Wardens of the several Masonical Meetings called Lodges of true Ancient Masonry
aforesaid , do agree ( pursuant to the powers vested in us by our Respective Brethren of the several lodges ) to form a Grand Committee ( we mean such a Committee ) as may supply the deficiency of a Grand Master untill an opportunity offers for the choice of a Noble Personage to govern our Ancient Fraternity . And that We will therein ( by the authority aforesaid ) make Statutes or laws for the better
government and well ordering the said Fraternity , Receive Petitions , hear Appeals , and transact Business ( that is to say such Business as ought to be peculiar to a Grand Lodge ) with Equity and Impartiality . Dated in our Grand Committee Room on Thursday , the fourteenth day of September , New Stile , 1752 , and in the year of Masonry 5752 . In the presence of "—[ Here follow the names of M ., S . W ., and J . W . of Nos .
2 . 4 , 5 , 6 , S > "» and 12 , two Past Masters of No . 4 , one P . M . of No . 6 , and Lau . Dermott , G . S . ] " And Whereas several of the Lodges have congregated and made Masons without any Warrant ( not with a desire of acting wrong , but thro' the " Necessity above mention'd ) , In order to Rectify such irregular proceedings ( so far as in our power ) , It is hereby Order'd that the Grand Secretary
shall write Warrants ( on Parchment ) for the Unwarranted Lodges , viz .: The lodges known by the Title of No . 2 , 3 , 4 > 5 , 6 , and that all the said Warrants shall bare date July the seventeenth , One thousand seven hundred fifty and one , being the day on which the said Lodges met ( at the Turk's head Tavern in Greek-street , Soho ) to revive the Ancient Craft .
"That the Secretary shall leave proper spaces for the Grand Mastr ., Deputy G . M ., and Grand Wardens to sign all the said Warrants according to Ancient custom . " That as soon as we shall arrive at the Great happiness of installing proper Grand Officers , the possessors of the Unsigned Warrants shall present them to the Grand Master for his Worship ' s signature or Renewal , Until which time
the said Warrants , as well as those which have or may be ( thro' necessity ) granted in the like manner , shall be deem'd good and lawful ! . " Lastly , this our Regulation , shall be Recorded in our Registry , to shew Posterity how much we desire to revive the Ancient Craft upon true Masonical principles . " Sign'd by Order , "LAU : DERMOTT , G . S . " The above passages I have indicated by italics will doubt *
less be deemed conclusive evidence as to the exact date on which the Athol Grand Lodge commenced its existence . They are their own records , and the volume from which I have extracted ( he above commences with an entry of 17 th July , 1751 , signed by John Morgan , the ( first Grand Secretary of the Athol Grand Lodge . It will be seen from the foregoing extracts what is also
shown very clearly by the Lists of 1751-1755 in the same volume , that No . 1 had no existence at that period . The earliest notification hitherto published in reference to No . 1 is that the Grand Master ' s Lodge was proclaimed on sth September , 1750 , and took the first seat accordingly as No . 1 —( Vide Grand Lodge minute of that date . ) But I recently noticed in the Athol Minute Book , Vol . I ., that members of No . 1 attended the Grand Lodge , or Grand
Committee , as early as 13 th March , 1757 . at a general meeting of Master Masons to regulate certain disputed points in the ceremonies , and Bro . H . Sadler has since kindly supplied me with the names of the members of No . 1 then present , viz ., James Nisbett , Senr . G . W . ( who was in the chair ) ; John Abercromby , Junr . G . W . ; Lau . Dermott , G . S . ; and Robert Turner , G . M . [ This latter must mean Past G . M ., as the Earl of Blessington was Grand Master from Dec , 1 I 756 . J